Chapter 1
Five years married, and Blake Harrison’s slept with every actress in Hollywood.[]
I’ve played dumb, racing between mom’s hospital room and whatever film set I’m working that day.
Her leukemia treatments cost a fortune, and Blake owns Harrison Medical–the only place offering the care she needs.
Then it happened. His new girlfriend “accidentally” cut my safety wire during a stunt. I fell from the platform, crashing hard.
I felt it immediately–something wrong with the three–month–old baby in my belly.
Shaking, I called him.
“Blake, I’m bleeding… please help save our baby.”
All I heard was some woman’s heavy breathing in the background before he finally spoke.
“Really, Evelyn? These desperate games are getting old,” he smirked, sounding totally relaxed after sex. “If you’re that set on dying, do it somewhere else. I’m busy.”
The set medic rushed me to the ER, but it was too late. No heartbeat.]
When mom found out, she pulled out her oxygen tube.
“Sweetie, I won’t drag you down anymore,” was all she left me.[]
Three lives gone in one day.
Whatever debt I owed him is paid in full.]
We’re done.]]
Blake showed up just as I was signing the death certificate.
He ripped the paper from my hands and tore it up.
“Are you done with this act?” he snapped. “If it’s money you want, just name your price!“]
“Who are you moping for, looking half–dead? Back when your mom was dying, you were on your knees begging me for cash!”
I stared at the scraps on the floor and gave him my sweetest smile.
Tm not begging anymore, okay?“]
Three seconds later, the door slammed like a gunshot, and I jumped out of my skin–heart pounding, hand clutching my chest.
The moment Blake left, his assistant appeared.[]
“Mrs. Harrison, sir says if you apologize, your mother will get the best cemetery plot.
“No thanks. Tell him we’re even now.”
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It was dark by the time I got back from the cemetery.
When I opened our mansion door, I heard laughter from the pool area.Л]
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Elake was chilling by the pool with some hpt model in his arms.
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Another new face Typical
Yeah, he never gave a danın about me
Even on the day I buried my mom, he brought a woman home.[]
For three years, I’ve watched him go through women like tissues. It used to hurt. Now I’m just numb.[]
He said he wanted an apology, but really, he just wanted to use my mom’s burial as leverage to control me.]
I wasn’t playing his game anymore!
“Stop right there. What’s this crap you told my assistant?
I froze but didn’t turn around
Blake laughed coldly, pushing the woman off his lap ]
Your wo dies and you think your debt is paid? When your dad drove my mother to kill herself, did he ever think this would happen?
I looked at him and embed faintly
“If she couldn’t proted here who else could she blame?
Bakeyed my wrist the second he heard that
“Sanch you admat my mom was too weak to handle your father, guess what? Now you’re the weak one!
So if I hurt you, you deserve it
He snapped his fingers, and has assistant came over with a wauden ba
My heart skipped a treat, eyes popped–it was my awather’s ura, the one I’d just bunted
How the hell was if here?]
Apent all your savings on that graser!
Bache kicked the box Aghtly with his theme
Chapter 1
“Too bad–I just had someone dig up the dirt. Guess what happens if my hand slips right now?“]
That was my mother.]
How dare he?
For three years, I’d put up with his humiliation, his cheating, even watching my own baby die.]
I thought that was rock bottom.]
But Blake could go even lower.]
I suddenly remembered Mom’s face in her final moments.
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Her thin fingers pulling out her oxygen tube, giving me that relieved smile.
“Sweetie, I won’t drag you down anymore.”
She loved me most in this world–dying so I could be free.
And now her ashes were being played with by Blake’s ringed hand.
I lunged at him like a crazy person, but he easily pinned my hands against the wall.
He enjoyed watching me break down, speaking slowly.
“Want your mom to rest in peace? Then stay and do whatever I say. Until you’ve paid everything back.”
As he finished, Blake looked toward the model.[]
You–dry her off. Make it quick.“]
